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grandmother meaning in Chinese

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grandmother [grandmothers] (mother of someone's parent)
noun
[UK: ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.ə(r)]
[US: ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.r̩]

外婆 /wàipó/noun

外祖母 /wàizǔmǔ/noun

奶奶 /nǎinai/noun

姥姥 /lǎolao/noun

祖母 /zǔmǔ/noun

great-grandmother (mother of one's grandparent)
noun
[UK: ˈɡreɪt ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.ə(r)]
[US: ˈɡreɪt ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.r̩]

曾祖母 /zēngzǔmǔ/noun

great-great-grandmother (The mother of someone’s great-grandparent)
noun
[UK: ˈɡreɪt ˈɡreɪt ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.ə(r)]
[US: ˈɡreɪt ˈɡreɪt ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.r̩]

高祖母 /gāozǔmǔ/noun

maternal grandmother [maternal grandmothers] (The mother of one's mother)
noun
[UK: mə.ˈtɜːn.l̩ ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.ə(r)]
[US: mə.ˈtɝː.nl̩ ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.r̩]

外婆 /wàipó/noun

外祖母 /wàizǔmǔ/noun

paternal grandmother (one's father's mother)
noun
[UK: pə.ˈtɜːn.l̩ ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.ə(r)]
[US: pə.ˈtɝː.nl̩ ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.r̩]

奶奶 /nǎinai/noun

祖母 /zǔmǔ/noun